so that your eyes may watch over this temple night and day, towards the place where you said, ‘My name will be there,’ and so that you may hear the prayer that your servant prays towards this place.
1 Kings 8:52 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised May your eyes be open to your servant’s petition and to the petition of your people Israel, listening to them whenever they call to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, to hearken to them in all for which they call to You. American Standard Version (1901) that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee. Common English Bible Open your eyes to your servant’s request and to the request of your people Israel. Hear them whenever they cry out to you. Catholic Public Domain Version So may your eyes be open to the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel. And so may you heed them in all the things about which they will call upon you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That thy eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, to hear them in all things for which they shall call upon thee. |
so that your eyes may watch over this temple night and day, towards the place where you said, ‘My name will be there,’ and so that you may hear the prayer that your servant prays towards this place.
For you, Lord God, have set them apart as your inheritance from all peoples of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.
Now, my God, please let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.